Staple-setting implement.



T. S. MANNING.

STAPLE SETTING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION H150 11114.29. 1916.

Patented June 6,1916. 1

UNITED STATES PATENT ornron.

THOMAS s. MANNING, or DAVENPORT, OKLAHOMA.

STAPLE-SETTING IMPLEMENT.

Application filed January 29, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. MANNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Lincoln and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Staple- Setting Implements; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and efiicient hand operable instrument or tool for setting wire staples used in mending articles of leather, fabric and the like.

With this and other objects in view, the inventionconsists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the improved staple setting implement, partly broken away, Fig. 2 represents a fragmental top plan view thereof, Fig. 8 represents a fragmental plan view of the anvil-carrying jaw of the implement, and Fig. 1 represents a transverse sectional view on the line 11 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numerals 5 and 6 indicate a pair of handles which are pivotally connected by a bolt 7 and carry jaws 8 and 9, respectively, which are oppositely curved, so as to permit of a wide range of use of the implement.

The free end of the jaw 9 is reduced in thickness and a pair of attaching plates 14: are rigidly secured thereto by means of rivets or equivalent means and the outer ends of the plates project beyond the end of the jaw 9 and receive the ends of a metallic loop 15, which is rigidly and permanently secured in position between the ends of the plates 14 by a rivet or equivalent means. The medial portion of theloop 15 is cut away at 15 to accommodate the integral collar 17 of a relatively stationary plunger 16. A tubular staple holder 19 is slidably mounted upon the plunger 16 and is normally retained in extended or operative po- Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented June 6, 1916.

Serial N0. 75,134.

sition by the tension of a coil spring 18, coiled about the plunger 16 and engaged at one end with the loop 15 and at its opposite end with the tubular holder 19. The bore of the holder 19 is formed with a pair of set. A loop 10' is rigidly secured to the free end of the other jaw 8 and receives the shank 11 of the anvil 12, having recesses 13 in its working face. preferably formed with external screw threads receiving the nut 11 whereby the anvil is rigidly secured in adjusted position upon the jaw V In use, the staple is set in the slots 20 in the holder 19 and the jaws 8 and 9-are moved together by the handles 5 and 6, thereby moving the plunger 16 longitudinally within the holder 19 against the tension of the spring 18 and moving the points of the staple against the depressions or recesses 13 in the anvil 12, thus deflecting or bending the points of the staple and effectively securing the latter in position in the material. 7

What I claim is:

1. A staple setting implement including a pair of pivoted handles, jaws carried by said handles, a pair of plates secured to one of said jaws and projecting outwardly of the free end thereof, a loop having its ends secured between the projecting ends of said plates, a plunger rigidly secured in said loop, a staple holder slidably mounted upon said plunger, and an anvil carried by the other jaw.

2. A staple setting implement including a pair of pivoted handles, jaws carried by The shank 11 is.

away, a plunger positioned in said loop, an

integral collar on said plunger engaged in In testimony whereof I afiix my signature the cut away portion of said loop to secure in presence of two wltnesses.

said plunger against longitudinal movement THOMAS S. MANNING. therein, a staple holder slidebly mounted Witnesses:

5 upon said plunger, and an anvil carried by T. O. GRAY,

the other jaw. R. M. ARGABRIGHT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents. each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. B. 

